Millions of lost revenue from faulty speed cameras

[Streaky]

A poster on Risks Digest 23:35 said:

"Given the attention this story has been commanding in Australia, I was surprised to find no record in RISKS. The country is proud of its strictness in enforcing speed rules, sometimes fining motorists for driving one kilometer above the posted limit (however absurd that sounds). The state of Victoria has numerous speed cameras. Last year their accuracy was questioned after reports that a truck with a maximum speed of 140 km/h was caught traveling at 164 km/h, and other similar incidents. After the first such report the Assistant Commissioner said (Melbourne Age, 11 Nov 2003), "There's no evidence to support that any of the other cameras are malfunctioning [...] in any other way." but he later had to change to, "It's embarrassing for everybody... Technology is technology and I think we have had indications where it doesn't say the right thing." The state government then ordered tests of all the cameras in the system, and had to suspend fines from all fixed cameras. According to the Age of 29 April 2004, the problems were supposed to "take six weeks to fix" but almost six months after the State Government suspended the issuing of fines from Victoria's fixed speed cameras, problems with the cameras are still unresolved [...] A State Government spokesman confirmed yesterday that the 47 fixed cameras were still under review. He was unable to say when the issue would be resolved. More than 40,000 fines notified to motorists have been suspended until the results are in. This represents a total sum of over six million Australian dollars. For more details: http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/29/1083224516563.html (30 Apr 2004), http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/28/1083103551024.html (29 Apr 2004) and www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/11/10/1068329487082.html?from=storyrhs (11 Nov 2003)"

Humm! - Streaky

>>> Edited by Streaky on Wednesday 5th May 11:53